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Date added: January 9, 2012; Modified: January 4, 2015
This dramatic New Deal mural was painted by Fred Conway in 1940. It was one of the winners of the Treasury Section’s 48-State Competition Post Office Murals. Interestingly, this mural was initially slated to go into the Jackson, MO PO,… read more
Date added: February 13, 2013; Modified: December 26, 2014
The post office contains a 1941 Section of Fine Arts mural “Grand Council of 1842” painted by Richard West. This work is a work having a rather flat perspective by West depicting the Grand Council of 1842, probably 1843 which… read more
Date added: November 22, 2014
A waterworks improvement project was undertaken in Cushing, Oklahoma during the Great Depression with the assistance of a federal Public Work Administration (PWA) grant. Construction occurred between 1938 and 1939. PWA Docket No. OK [X]1364.
Date added: November 22, 2014; Modified: November 22, 2014
A substantial waterworks improvement project was undertaken in El Reno, Oklahoma during the Great Depression with the assistance of a federal Public Work Administration (PWA) grant. The PWA provided a $36,112 grant to the city for the project, whose eventual… read more
Date added: November 22, 2014; Modified: November 22, 2014
Stillwater, Oklahoma undertook multiple substantial street paving projects during the Great Depression with the assistance of two federal Public Work Administration (PWA) grants. Construction occurred between 1937 and 1939. PWA Docket No. OK [W]1130, [X]1388.
Date added: November 22, 2014; Modified: November 22, 2014
Bartlesville, Oklahoma undertook multiple street improvement and paving projects during the Great Depression with the assistance of two federal Public Work Administration (PWA) grants. Construction occurred between 1938 and 1939. PWA Docket No. OK [X]1316, [X]1410.
Date added: June 9, 2013; Modified: November 6, 2014
Richards Hall is a PWA building constructed to house the University of Oklahoma’s zoology and micro-biology department in 1935-37. Designed by Univ of Oklahoma architectural professor Joseph Smay, it includes numerous bas reliefs of aspects of Zoology. It was the… read more
Date added: June 9, 2013; Modified: November 6, 2014
Adams Hall was constructed as the school of business for the University of Oklahoma in 1935 by the PWA. Joseph Smay was on the architecture faculty and designed this and Richards Hall in 1935. Included in the project is a… read more
Date added: July 14, 2012; Modified: August 27, 2014
“The CWA was implemented to deal with expected high employment. The president believed Many Americans would starve unless given a chance to work in the program. The plan included a specific amount of money and time, and it was under… read more
Date added: March 19, 2013; Modified: July 2, 2014
The CCC was extensively involved in development of the portion of the Chickasaw National Recreation Area formerly known as Platt National Park: “Originally known as Sulphur Springs Reservation, and later renamed Platt National Park, the park was established in 1902… read more
Date added: June 11, 2014
“The Chickasha Junior High School building currently houses the Middle School. The gymnasium/auditorium so closely matches the architecture of the main school building that it appears to be a single construction project, however, research has only found reference to the… read more
Date added: June 9, 2014; Modified: June 9, 2014
“The Washita Valley Community Center at 1500 S. Henderson is built into a hill and is one-story on the front and two-story at the rear. It is constructed of native sandstone and has large window openings filled with glass blocks…. read more
Date added: June 5, 2014
“The Livestock Exchange Building is located on the Grady County Fairgrounds, at 500 E. Choctaw, east of downtown Chickasha. The primary fairground buildings are this livestock arena, and an administration building to the north. The livestock building was originally constructed… read more
Date added: June 5, 2014; Modified: June 5, 2014
“This WPA-constructed building stands at 500 E. Choctaw, just east of Hwy. 81 in historic Chickasha, which is located on what was once the famous Chisholm Trail. This is a large one and two-story native sandstone building built in 1940,… read more
Date added: May 28, 2014; Modified: May 28, 2014
“The Fairview School (District 89) replaced the “Thompson School”, built in 1894 which burned in 1936. This was a joint effort, with the School District supplying $1,013 and the WPA picking up the balance of $2,600. It was completed in… read more